Law and the elderly Books

People are leading significantly longer lives than previous generations did, and the proportion of older people in the population is growing. Residential care for older people will become increasingly necessary as our society ages and, we will require...

Whether it be from personal experience or heard second-hand, everyone knows a story about an elderly person being taken advantage of financially, or personal items being stolen after a death. Maybe it was a niece who swooped in to grab her aunt's jewelry...

This book explores the emerging engagement of EU law with care and carers.The book argues that the regulation of care by the EU is crucial becauseit enables the development of a broad range of policies. It contributes to thesustainability of society and...

As the Baby Boomer generation ages and the sandwich generation is stressed between caring for children and caring for parents, questions are cropping up all across the nation:How can I protect the nest egg I've worked so hard to create?What happens to my...

Are You Ready for The Demographic Revolution?Over the last few years, business has had to navigate a technology revolution that has utterly transformed the workplace. Now another revolution is underway: a demographic one.Dealing with these changes...

Patient abuse and neglect is a daily occurrence in our nation's medicaland psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, group homes, and other carefacilities. But it is not just in institutional settings where at-risk adultsare vulnerable. Crimes of abuse also...

A legal treatise on the rights of the elderly. Written in Latin by Theodosius Schöpffer.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public...

A pioneering study of the relationship between old age and work, by renowned physician and social reformer George Miller Beard. Beard's work remains a landmark of scientific inquiry into the effects of aging on cognition and physical ability.This work...